Turn off the heat overnight.
Provided that you don’t live in a region where it gets really cold, you may be able to completely turn off -or dramatically reduce – heat a night. Check out getting a programmable thermostat for making this happen automatically.
Minor note: Some refrigerators will not function correctly if the air temperate is below about 60F, you may need to experiment a little to find out at what temperature you can reduce too and still have a working refrigerator.
Overnight your home will leak heat over and over. Each time your heating system has to turn on and heat the home over and over. As a result it keeps running.
Contrary to popular belief it will not cost more money to heat from 55 to 67 than it will to keep a home at 67 all night long.
Throw on some extra heavy blankets and turn that heat off! Use some ceiling fans to help offset the temperature reduction as well.
